Escalade (ESCA) Competitors

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, FNKO or ESCA?

Funko has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FNKO or ESCA?

Funko currently has a consensus price target of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 92.50%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FNKO or ESCA?

Escalade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Funko	$1.02B	0.27	-$154.08M	-$0.37	-13.86
Escalade	$249.69M	0.76	$9.83M	$0.98	14.11

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FNKO or ESCA?

99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Funko shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Escalade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FNKO or ESCA?

Funko received 30 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Funko	Outperform Votes 272 59.78%	Underperform Votes 183 40.22%
Escalade	Outperform Votes 242 64.71%	Underperform Votes 132 35.29%

Does the media refer more to FNKO or ESCA?

In the previous week, Funko had 9 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Funko and 5 mentions for Escalade. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Escalade's score of -0.11 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Funko	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Escalade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FNKO or ESCA more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Funko's net margin of -2.29%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%

Summary

Escalade beats Funko on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.